Debian is my favorite distro for doing stuff. It installs with little enough that you're able to try and learn but the package manager is easy enough that you can fall back on it if you screw up.

Just open it. Strip it for parts, HDDs have nice stuff inside them. The NSA isn't going to raid your house and take your platters; any other organization wouldn't have the resources or pure money to recover a drive.

First thing I thought of when I saw "online store". Neat links.

The weakest Android phone you should get is the Droid. The Droid is on the fence with power, anything weaker is unsuitable, but it OCs like a beast, has a pretty good GPU, and has killer ROMs. It's enough power to run a PS1 emulator. They're not that expensive either, I see them for around $130 on Craigslist quite…

I hear ProjectElite is a killer ROM. What's the boot time like? CM6 is quite sluggish when it comes to booting.

Paper bags. Just leave one on its side on the floor and watch your cat charge inside it.

µTorrent has this kind of system. I like having a say in features, even if they're low on the list.

Ha, +1

I don't see the point. I was incredible at the time but this remake is just an expensive bulky netbook. It lacks the appeal that the original C64 had.

Is there a VPN solution on Android that uses SSH? I like using SSH for a lot of stuff so I thought I'd see if I could use it as a VPN on Android.

I doubt that updated versions of any consoles will be appearing, console makers are currently using peripherals (like Kinect, Move, etc) rather than re-making the console. New consoles won't be out for several years.

No, I meant for 3G encryption, not HTTPS/SSL. PSK systems like HTTPS and SSL are always secure.

You could probably find some sort of VPN feature or app. I'm really fond of SSH because of all the features and compatibility so I'm going to look for something that uses that. If I can't find anything using SSH then I'll probably go with OpenVPN (which might work on iPhone, not sure).

I have that set up on my phone, it's pretty neat but for some reason I get a lot of lag. I'm not sure if it's Sipgate or Google Voice that's lagging.

Haven't there already been live version of Windows?

Ah crap, my mistake. Turns out that A5/3, the cipher used on phones, is insecure. I was thinking of its predecessor cipher. Please continue on with your HTTPS, I'll be setting up SSH tunnels.

Ah, I correct myself. The original cipher, named MISTY, is not vulnerable. KASUMI (A5/3) is a modified version of MISTY that was made the current phone standard. KASUMI was proven insecure about a year ago.

The network carrier is always able to access transferred content. The encryption is between your phone and the basestation, it was designed to prevent outside attackers, not inside. They have to have access like that for legal reasons such as search warrants.

GSM (text and audio) uses A5/1 and less often A5/2 ciphers, both of which can be cracked in about 8-minutes on a laptop with GPU acceleration. 3G GSM (data - GPRS, EDGE, and similar) uses A5/3. The A5/3 cipher itself is insecure but it was implemented in a way that doesn't allow it to be cracked in the air like A5/1.

The effect is very slight, you probably wouldn't notice at all. 3G encryption is done in the phone's board.